HC Deb 23 June 1937 vol 325 cc1176-7
6. Mr. Day

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs particulars of the number of cases of which his office has records wherein His Majesty's representatives in various countries have approached the competent authorities, drawing their attention to films and plays thought to be detrimental to British interests; and in how many cases have excisions or modifications been secured in the offending films or plays?

Mr. Eden

On a number of occasions His Majesty's representatives have approached the competent authorities in different countries with the object of securing excisions or modifications in films and plays thought to be detrimental to British interests. There is no record of a case in which the action taken was unsuccessful.

Mr. Day

Is it a fact that the majority of these films are foreign, and not British?

Mr. Eden

As we protested about them, they probably are.

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